Temporal patterns of crop raiding by elephants: A response to changes in forage quality or crop availability?

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-55

  Chiyo, Patrick I ^a,d   Cochrane, Erica P ^b   Naughton, Lisa ^c,d,e   Basuta, Gilbert I ^f  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cmw of the Northern Mariana Islands   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d CABS   (United States)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Conflict; Crops; Elephants; Forage quality

Indexed keywords

CROP DAMAGE; ELEPHANT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD QUALITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; WORLD;

ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 14844336378     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2004.00544.x     Document Type: Article

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